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2024–25 Highland Football League

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The 2024–25 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 122nd season of the Highland Football League, and the 11th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Buckie Thistle were the reigning champions but could only finish in seventh position.

Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 – 12 April 2025
ChampionsBrora Rangers
Matches306
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Breedon Highland League
Season2024–25
Dates27 July 2024 – 12 April 2025
ChampionsBrora Rangers
Matches306
Goals1,094 (3.58 per match)
Biggest home win6 matches:
7 goals[A]
Biggest away winRothes 2–10 Formartine United
(3 August 2024)
Highest scoringRothes 2–10 Formartine United
(3 August 2024)
Longest winning run9 matches:
Brechin City & Inverurie Loco Works
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Brechin City
Longest winless run18 matches:
Rothes
Longest losing run12 matches:
Rothes & Wick Academy
All statistics correct as of 12 April 2025.
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For the fourth consecutive season, the title race went down to the final round of matches – with Brora Rangers ultimately prevailing on goal difference from Brechin City, following fifteen wins in their last eighteen games.

Teams

Location of teams in 2024–25 Highland Football League

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity Seats
Banks o' Dee Aberdeen Spain Park 876 122
Brechin City Brechin Glebe Park 4,083 1,519
Brora Rangers Brora Dudgeon Park 2,000 250
Buckie Thistle Buckie Victoria Park 3,000 400
Clachnacuddin Inverness Grant Street Park 2,074 154
Deveronvale Banff Princess Royal Park 2,651 360
Formartine United Pitmedden North Lodge Park 1,800 300
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 2,700 502
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 1,865 480
Huntly Huntly Christie Park 2,200 270
Inverurie Loco Works Inverurie Harlaw Park 2,500 250
Keith Keith Kynoch Park 2,362 370
Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Grant Park 2,050 250
Nairn County Nairn Station Park 2,250 250
Rothes Rothes Mackessack Park 1,731 167
Strathspey Thistle Grantown-on-Spey Seafield Park 1,600 150
Turriff United Turriff The Haughs 2,135 135
Wick Academy Wick Harmsworth Park 2,412 300
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brora Rangers (C) 34 27 1 6 117 31 +86 82 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Brechin City 34 25 7 2 84 29 +55 82
3 Banks o' Dee 34 22 6 6 77 28 +49 72
4 Inverurie Loco Works 34 22 6 6 74 33 +41 72
5 Fraserburgh 34 17 12 5 71 36 +35 63
6 Clachnacuddin 34 18 5 11 74 42 +32 59
7 Buckie Thistle 34 17 7 10 75 44 +31 58
8 Formartine United 34 16 7 11 59 46 +13 55
9 Huntly 34 15 3 16 66 60 +6 48
10 Forres Mechanics 34 13 7 14 69 80 −11 46
11 Deveronvale 34 13 4 17 49 77 −28 43
12 Turriff United 34 12 4 18 48 56 −8 40
13 Nairn County 34 10 7 17 49 63 −14 37
14 Wick Academy 34 11 3 20 47 77 −30 36
15 Keith 34 10 2 22 33 74 −41 32
16 Lossiemouth 34 6 2 26 28 79 −51 20
17 Strathspey Thistle 34 4 5 25 40 112 −72 17
18 Rothes 34 3 2 29 34 127 −93 11
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Source: [1][2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAN ...
Home \ Away BAN BRE BRO BUC CLA DEV FOU FOM FRA HUN INV KEI LOS NAI RTH STR TUR WIC
Banks o' Dee 1–3 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–3 1–1 5–0 0–0 4–0 7–1 2–1 1–0 4–0
Brechin City 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 7–0 1–0 1–0
Brora Rangers 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–2 5–0 6–2 3–1 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–3 5–0 1–0 7–2 7–0 5–0 5–0
Buckie Thistle 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 6–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–1 8–2 4–1 2–2
Clachnacuddin 0–3 2–4 1–2 0–2 7–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 0–2 7–0 2–0 3–1 7–0
Deveronvale 0–2 0–3 3–2 1–7 1–3 1–2 2–4 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 4–1
Formartine United 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–2
Forres Mechanics 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–5 0–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 3–3 1–6 4–3
Fraserburgh 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Huntly 1–1 1–5 0–5 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 3–4 0–1 0–2 7–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 3–5 3–0
Inverurie Loco Works 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 6–1 1–0 4–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–3 3–2 5–0 4–0 2–1
Keith 1–2 1–3 0–5 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–1
Lossiemouth 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–4 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–3
Nairn County 1–4 0–3 1–5 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–3 2–0 3–0
Rothes 1–5 2–3 0–7 0–3 0–4 2–3 2–10 2–3 0–7 1–6 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–4 0–6 3–2 2–3
Strathspey Thistle 1–4 1–4 0–7 1–4 0–3 0–3 0–4 1–6 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–3
Turriff United 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 4–0 3–0
Wick Academy 1–6 1–4 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–1 4–2 4–0 2–1 2–0
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Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Highland League play-off

Subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion,[5][6] a play-off was scheduled to place between the winners of the 2024–25 Midlands Football League (Dundee North End), 2024–25 North Caledonian Football League (Invergordon) and the 2024–25 North Region Junior Football League (Culter), with the winners then playing Rothes, who finished bottom of the Highland League. However, none of the tier 6 champions had the required SFA licence and as such there was no promotion to, or relegation from, the Highland League.

This would be the last season the Midlands League would feature as a feeder league to the Highland League, as they would move to become a feeder league to the Lowland League East ahead of the 2026–27 season.

Notes

  1. [A]
    The matches were Clachnacuddin 7–0 Wick Academy on 28 August 2024, Brechin City 7–0 Strathspey Thistle on 7 September 2024, Clachnacuddin 7–0 Deveronvale on 18 January 2025, Brora Rangers 7–0 Strathspey Thistle on 19 February 2025, Clachnacuddin 7–0 Rothes on 8 March 2025, and Huntly 7–0 Keith on 15 March 2025.

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